{"id":11744,"date":"2019-03-21T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T21:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T21:43:48","slug":"nxt-review-20-03-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/nxt-review-20-03-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Review &#8211; 20\/03\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NXT\n3\/20\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daddy\nH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Triple H came out to give us The Talk, all\nwhile holding Goldie. He said the Full Sail building is special because the\nfans make it special and also noted that it sometimes takes years to get to\nNXT. Unfortunately bad things can and do happen and Triple H announced that\nthere would be a fatal five-away to determine who will face Johnny Gargano in a\n2\/3 Falls Match at NXT Takeover. While it is sad that Goldie is no longer in\nthe loving arms of Tommaso Ciampa, I think this was a great way to find a new\nopponent for Gargano without seeming like the person was rushed or shoehorned\nin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade:\nA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Promos\nand Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kona Reeves tried to hit on Cathy Kelly\nand it was awkward to say the least. Apparently he wasn\u2019t impressed by the\nfatal five-way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Forgotten Sons said they were going to\nwin the Dusty Tag Classic and it was going to be part of their legacy in NXT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got some information on Tommaso\nCiampa\u2019s surgery. This doctor has performed three other surgeries on the former\nchampion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kairi Sane and Io Shirai were interviewed.\nBianca Belair interrupted and said that neither of them deserved the title\nmatch at Takeover and that she would\u2019ve beaten Shirai if Shayna Baszler hadn\u2019t\ngotten involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put all of these segments together\nbecause I don\u2019t see any need to analyze them that deeply. They moved stories\nalong and hyped up matches, which is what backstage segments like these are\nsupposed to do. I was a little emotional at the Ciampa part, but since he\nposted a picture of himself with his neck brace on Instagram, I know he\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade:\nA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ricochet\nvs Adam Cole vs Aleister Black vs Velveteen Dream vs Matt Riddle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the main event match to determine\nJohnny Gargano\u2019s opponent at the upcoming Takeover: New York\u2026and it delivered\njust the way it sounds like it would. I must say I am quite particular to Matt\nRiddle and Aleister Black knocking each other out with kicks at the same time!\nEveryone in the match got a chance to not only shine but also address\nindividual issues with each other. I think the match was given an appropriate\namount of time so that everyone could have a moment and everyone could look\nlike a credible threat. There was technical wrestling, there were big spots,\nand the pace was even and didn\u2019t drag or feel too much like a sprint. Adam Cole\nwon and I\u2019m pretty happy about that, seeing as he\u2019s my personal favorite to\ntake Goldie home. And it definitely&nbsp; puts\nmore stock back into the leader of Undisputed, after his lackluster run over\nthe last couple of weeks. I also think putting Matt Riddle in this high of a\nplace so early show that they have a lot of faith in the King of Bros. If he\ncan get a little better on the mic, I could see him having a successful run\nwith the title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner:\nAdam Cole <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade:\nA+<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final\nThoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode was fairly heavy with promos\nand interviews, but it definitely wasn\u2019t a bad thing. I like that the main\nevent was the only wrestling match we got because it emphasized the importance\nof the match. Goldie needs a new home and I think this 2\/3 falls match will be\nwonderful, probably one of the best matches over WrestleMania weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Overall Grade: A<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Wynter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NXT 3\/20\/19 Daddy H Triple H came out to give us The Talk, all while holding Goldie. He said the Full Sail building is special because the fans make it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[186,22,35],"tags":[321,943,944,271,942,348,299,114,355,47,920],"class_list":["post-11744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nxt","category-reviews","category-wwe-reviews","tag-aleister-black","tag-cathy-kelly","tag-io-shirai","tag-kairi-sane","tag-kona-reeves","tag-matt-riddle","tag-ricochet","tag-triple-h","tag-velveteen-dream","tag-wwe","tag-wwenxt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9jnWd-33q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSGFmaoUEAAQn9a.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11748,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions\/11748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}